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Lights out, stars on: Daan Roosegaarde on Seeing Stars Leiden 20 September 2022
‘What if we switch off all the lights one evening? That idea crossed my mind from time to time. And when I mentioned it to a taxi driver one day, he s...
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A preposterous mix? Willem Otterspeer covers the University’s history one more time 20 September 2022
The biographer of Leiden University, Willem Otterspeer, has a new book out. In ‘De stad, de dood en de dichters’ (The City, Death and the Poets) he co...
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Open day at space research institute at Leiden Bio Science Park 20 September 2022
SRON, the Netherlands Institute for Space Research, is holding an open day on Sunday 25 September. It has had a branch at the Leiden Bio Science Park ...
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A more sustainable Leiden through citizen science 15 September 2022
In the Leiden Municipality Challenge, 25 students investigated how Leiden could become more sustainable. In doing so, they enlisted the help of the ci...
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Retrospective 75th anniversary African Studies Centre Leiden 15 September 2022
A ‘world class institute’ with a ‘vibrant atmosphere’, doing research on a continent that is ‘becoming increasingly important’. That is how Annetje Ot...
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Opening ceremony Advanced Master programmes 15 September 2022
On Thursday 8 September, the official opening was held of the Advanced Master programmes at Leiden Law School. A group of international students gathe...
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How chemist Marc Tijhuis left business to change the world 15 September 2022
Halfway through his career alumnus Marc Tijhuis made a radical change: he left the corporate world to join the global battle against waste with the In...
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BrAInpower exhibition: tremendous and troubling uses of AI in our daily lives 12 September 2022
Care robots, medical treatments, deepfakes and self-driving cars all with the aid of artificial intelligence (AI). The BrAInpower exhibition at Rijksm...
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From solar panels to tables made from old jackets: University opens its doors on Heritage Open Days 07 September 2022
The theme of the Heritage Open Days Leiden on 10 and 11 September is sustainability. At four University locations guides will talk about the history o...
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Surprising insights, experiments and magic tricks at interactive ‘Wijsneus Festival’ 07 September 2022
What should we do about litter in the countryside? Can you tell from camera images if someone is guilty? And what does your heart rate really look lik...
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International students start a master’s thanks to a LExS 06 September 2022
This academic year 49 promising international students will start their master’s degree here thanks to a Leiden University Excellence Scholarship (LEx...
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Our university world knows no borders’ 05 September 2022
The theme of the opening of this year’s academic year was peace and justice. With the climate crisis and the war in Ukraine, these are turbulent times...
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Writer in residence Maxim Osipov: ‘Writing is the development of truth’ 29 August 2022
Since criticising the war in Ukraine, Russian author and cardiologist Maxim Osipov has fled Russia. Come September, he will be Leiden University’s wri...
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eLaw publishes a new book on Law and AI 29 August 2022
From deepfakes and disinformation to killer robots, surgical robots and AI lawmaking: AI (Artificial Intelligence) is changing our world. That raises ...
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Students from all around the world discover The Hague 22 August 2022
A day at the beach, games, a visit to an embassy and a pub crawl. The activities at HOPweek help new students get to know not just The Hague but each ...